Fix and Flip Loans in Arkansas
Fund the purchase and the rehab on one loan, qualify on the deal — not your tax returns — and close in days. Up to 90% purchase + 100% rehab. Direct lender.
- Up to 90% Purchase + 100% Rehab
- No Minimum Credit Score
- Close Fast
- Direct Lender Since 2016
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This page was written and reviewed by Ndukwe Kalu, who works on fix and flip loans at Tidal Loans daily. Terms are checked against our current underwriting guidelines; last reviewed October 2026.
Arkansas’s mix of affordable older housing and fast-growing metros makes it one of the more rewarding flip markets in the South — but a good deal only matters if you can fund it fast enough to win it, and conventional banks are built for neither speed nor distressed property. Fix and flip loans are: short-term, asset-based financing that funds both the purchase and the renovation of a distressed property based on what it will be worth after repairs, not on your W-2. We’ve financed Arkansas flippers as a direct lender since 2016, we lend our own capital, and on the right deal we can fund up to 90% of the purchase and 100% of the rehab — so your cash keeps working instead of sitting at closing.
A fix and flip loan is a form of hard money — the property is the collateral, and we underwrite the asset rather than your personal finances. Instead of leading with your credit score, we focus on the property’s after-repair value (ARV). That’s what lets us move fast, and it’s why Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas investors who need to close fast on a fixer-upper bring the deal to us.
How Fix and Flip Loans Work in Arkansas
A fix and flip loan is short-term financing used to buy a distressed property, renovate it, and sell it for a profit. It funds both the acquisition and the rehab and is structured around your project timeline — typically a 12-month, interest-only term, so your carrying cost stays low while you’re spending on the work. Because it’s a business-purpose loan secured by the property, you can close in an LLC, and the decision rides on the deal, not your day job.
For Arkansas deals we typically fund up to 90% of the purchase price and 100% of the renovation budget for qualified borrowers, as long as the combined amount stays within 75% of the after-repair value. When a deal pencils out that way, the cash you bring to closing can be limited to points, closing costs, and reserves. The stronger your track record and the deal, the closer you get to those maximums. We lend on investment property only — never owner-occupied or primary residences.
How ARV Works — the 70% Rule
Everything on a fix and flip loan flows from the after-repair value, so it’s worth understanding the math. ARV is what the property will be worth once your renovation is complete, supported by comparable sales and an appraisal. We size the loan against it using the 70% rule: your total loan — purchase plus rehab — should stay within 75% of the ARV. That cushion protects your profit margin and our position if the market shifts.
In plain terms: Maximum loan ≈ 70% × ARV. Say you find a distressed Little Rock property with a $220,000 ARV. Seventy percent of that is $154,000 — your ceiling for purchase plus rehab combined. If you’re buying at $110,000 with a $35,000 rehab ($145,000 total), the deal fits under the ceiling, and you bring closing costs and reserves rather than a large down payment. The rehab is released through draws as the work is completed; when you sell at the ARV, you pay off the loan plus interest and costs and keep the rest.
Fix and Flip Lending Across Arkansas's Major Markets
Little Rock
Little Rock is the heart of Arkansas’s flip activity, with low acquisition costs and a deep stock of older homes ideal for renovation. Our Little Rock fix and flip loans fund the purchase and the rehab so you can move fast on distressed inventory and get the property back on the market.
Northwest Arkansas
The Bentonville–Fayetteville–Rogers–Springdale corridor is one of the fastest-growing markets in the country, where strong demand and appreciation reward a well-executed renovation. We close fast enough to compete in a market where good deals attract multiple offers.
Fort Smith & Beyond
Fort Smith, Jonesboro, and Hot Springs round out the state’s flip demand, and we lend across the surrounding submarkets statewide.
What Are the Terms on an Arkansas Fix and Flip Loan?
Short-term financing on investment property only, from $75,000 to $5,000,000, sized to the lesser of the cost-based limit and 75% of the after-repair value. No minimum credit score: we review credit, and your score prices the deal rather than deciding it.
Arkansas Fix and Flip Loan Parameters
How Does the BRRRR Strategy Work in Arkansas?
Buy and renovate with a short-term loan, place a tenant, then refinance into a long-term DSCR loan and pull your capital back out for the next deal. We fund both halves. There is no seasoning requirement on a cash-out refinance once the property has been renovated — we use current value.
Not every project ends in a sale. Many of our Arkansas investors run the BRRRR method — buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat. You fund the purchase and rehab with a fix and flip or hard money loan, place a tenant, then instead of selling you refinance into a long-term DSCR loan and pull your capital back out through a cash-out refinance of up to 80% of the appraised value. In Arkansas’s affordable cash-flow markets, this is how investors build a rental portfolio without running out of cash. If you need to bridge a timing gap between deals, our Arkansas bridge loans keep a deal alive when the clock is tight.
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Frequently Asked Questions
On qualifying deals, close to it. We fund up to 90% of the purchase and 100% of the rehab as long as the combined amount stays within 75% of the after-repair value, so the cash you bring can be limited to points, closing costs, and reserves rather than a large down payment. The wider the spread between your total cost and the ARV, the more leverage we can offer.
We have no minimum credit score, and the deal carries most of the underwriting weight, so we regularly fund investors whose credit wouldn’t clear a bank. We do review credit, but a blemish that would sink a bank application often won’t stop a deal here. A strong deal with real margin and a clear exit matters far more than a perfect score.
ARV is the after-repair value — what the property will be worth once your renovation is done, backed by comparable sales and an appraisal. We size your loan with the 70% rule: your total purchase-plus-rehab should stay not to exceed 75% of ARV. The wider the spread between your total cost and the ARV, the more leverage we can offer.
We close fast, and can close in days when the deal requires it. Because we underwrite the property rather than your income, there’s far less paperwork than a conventional loan, no tax returns to dig up, and no slow committee. In a competitive market like Northwest Arkansas, that speed is frequently what wins the deal.
Yes. We work with first-time investors — the deal and the exit matter more than your track record. A first-timer with a well-analyzed property, realistic comps, and a clear rehab scope is in good shape; experience mainly helps with the highest-leverage, lowest-out-of-pocket structures.
1–4 unit residential is the core, and we also fund 5+ unit properties. The property must be an investment property — we never lend on owner-occupied or primary residences.
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